News from the divisions: diabetes shared care.
It is not surprising that diabetes care has been a very active area for divisional projects and activities. Diabetes is prevalent in the community (up to one million Australians) and in general practice (1% of GP encounters). Optimal cost-effective diabetes management involves collaboration between general practice and public and private health services--one of the purposes for which divisions were created. Because diabetes is a multisystem chronic disease requiring multi-disciplinary interventions, it has also been a model for applying the health outcomes approach in general practice, especially in New South Wales.
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School of Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Department of General Practice, South West Sydney Area Health Service.
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D001315:Australia; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'